OTF

His heart is definitely in it now, which is wasn't when we were relegated. Loved his equaliser against Wigan.

Complete and utter.

Deserves a raise, that's for sure. A win against Blackburn in a little over a week and I'd say he'd be in a great position to negotiate one. The club would be mad to mistreat him and risk him walking away when his contract is up and there's a better offer on the table elsewhere. Has obviously endeared himself to the players and has them playing as one team which is far more important than big money trophy signings and the like. All said and done though he still has a lot of learning to do, but definitely seems like the kind of guy that will take everything on board.

'twill be on the telly over 'ere. Y're welcome to come round my place to watch.

Habib's out the window. He was here for two seasons.

He got about quite nicely in that match. He's obviously not quick, just lazy, and can seemingly put the running in if required I reckon.

May be time for you to give it up if you can't appreciate a stunning victory over Sunderland you gloomy cunt.

Atmosphere looked fan-fucking-tastic from the get go.

I don't recall ever having actually met a Mackem ... but let's just say they don't sound like level-headed people. I've experienced their charm. ie. one of them headbutting a Newcastle supporter point blank in the nose because he was celebrating a Newcastle goal.

Then Blackburn on the bounce at home 3 days later... I'm picking that Chris may ring in some changes for the Arsenal match then return to our top 11 for the FSA Route 1 Display.

Someone said it somewhere else, but the fact that he's playing out of position on the right and yet is still turning in excellent performances is testament not only to him having turned the corner but shows that for once we have a proper team who respect the vision of the manager. He worked very well with Simpson I thought, with Tiote also offering a passing option inside. If Simpson can play like he did in this game every week then we won't have a problem at right back.

Yeah Nolan showed today that he can get around the pitch when he wants to. Pulled off a quality tackle or two as well. Tiote alongside him definitely does give him more freedom to roam into his poaching positions because of the ground that Tiote covers. It's not always going to work, but today it was a beautiful thing.

Was concerned that Cattermole might be found in the morning stuffed into a wheelie bin in Pallion with snooker balls for eyes after that exchange. Jose got up like the terminator after that tackle. Legend. Was quality. Cattermole backed away like the Cat he was. Blind commentators tried to say Jose was reacting to nothing, when there was an obvious stamp there. Must be a mackem thing cause Mensah tried the stamp on Nolan later, but ol' Kev was far too wise and came out of that whole affair grinning and winning.

If he'd got that header we wouldn't have got to see the epic finish from Shola. Hope Simpson can continue with that sort of form.

Forgot there was another team out there TBH. Oh well.. still a glorious glorious result. Ameobi's second goal was a fucking beauty, almost a Daniel san Crane Kick...

The look on his face was priceless.

Mensah you stamping twat. Less of them not in the book now

Bring on Raylor!!!

Cattermole's red face about as bright as his socks

Nolan match ball, and the pure delight continues.

Shola! Good cross from Simpson. Carroll should have buried it, but unselfish as he is shared it our for Shola to belt it away in Geordie style.

PLEASE DON'T SHOW THAT GUY AGAIN. Agree not a red card, but in the context of this game and the yellows from Dowd it was...consistently overreacting.

HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH Bye bye Titus Bramble.

Wicked penalty from Shola, unstopable I reckon. Danny Simpson has looked pretty good today. Part of that may be because he's not had to deal with a lot defensively, but he has overlapped nicely and was at the pace of the game from the get go. His passing has been good and he almost got a lovely assist. Was our better fullback for the first half of the half, Enrique's class shone through in the end, marking elmohamady out of the game and off the pitch. Tiote had a slow start, wanted too much time on the ball, but now knows he can't be at all hesitant in this match. Barton has been going well, some excellent crosses and set-pieces, which is where we troubled them first. More of this in the second half please! ...and no more odgy yellows pls Mr Dowd.

Could not have asked for any more. Definition of sheer delight.